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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
THE REV. T. WILLIAMS COCHRAN.

The Rev. I. Williams Cochran died yesterday at the
home OF his fathernaw, Robert Carter at No AZ West
Fifty-third ST. and will be buried Friday at Mendham
~ j. He was fogty-six years old and died from con-
smption He was graduate OF the University OF the
City OF New York and OF the Princeton Theological semi
nary His ministerial life began at Carmel, Putnam
County where he remained eighteen months and after
ward became pastor the First Presbyterian Church at
Mendham ~ j. where he remained eighteen years. Two
years ago he went with his family TO Minnesota for the
benefit Of his health and II not until they found he
was recovery that his congregation agreed TO ac
cept his resignation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
NEW. YORK CABLE RAILWAY SCHEMES.

THE BILL REDUCING THE PRICE OF GAS IN bRooh-
LYN PASSED by THE SENATE.
ALBANY Feb -. senator Traphagen, OF New-lorK'
introduced two bills to-day in the interest OF the New
York Cable Railway Company. IN one OF these measures
he apparently attempts TO remedy some deieo' ID tho
charter company that Is an obstacle 10 ts pan W
capture seventy miles OF the streets u Newfork MT
1raphagen also introduced bill authorizing tho company
to cross broadway and Fthayc. somewhere below fty
ninh.s and Classon, Franklin, ana Grand aves bfooh'
lyn There will DO hearing on all the cable rafoad
bills on Thursday
The bill Of Senator Grswod TO lower the price OF gas III
Brooklyn to 81 thousand feet was reached on inc
order OF third reading in tho Senate. When good many
OF the Senators had voted Mr Worth, OF Brooklyn saiu
that "a clear majority OF the Senators had voted or tne
measure he liberty 10 express his huVs
IT, In his opinion II an unjust Dill IL poio "ien
equal weight the strong and the weak gas compaos
OF Brooklyn would bring great suffering on han Va
the stockholders OF the weak companies ii senator
void had said ut the time he running Tor senator M
he should Introduce such bill he would not nave oeen
elected IN. A. roo
Mr. Grswold In reply said that he bceyed that tnc Pe
ple OF Brooklyn approve the bill and would teJooe WIFI
they heard that IL had passed Senator worth 'ne s
that he would join the hypocrites aud vote ior o en-
The passed by q affirmative 'o'c' "Hu IA
the negative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

The work Of removing tho Stewart art collection went
steadily yesterday Big furniture vans were standing All
day before the white Thirty fourhsI ana
and passcrs by stopped for moment 70 watch he
workmen Juggling the ba oanvases and handling inc
heavy packing and baskets with every pfeoAuuon
against brcakaEo ,,..,..
Owing u OF tho American Art Galleries
yesterday where tho remainder OF the Graves COLLECTION
encumbored tho floors and walls tho work OF moving n
Stewart collection into quarters not hurrie
time packing tho costly satuary the pew
mansIoh The will COMPLETED before sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
INCIDENTS ~ SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs. j. Pierpont Morgan gave dihhcr ,,''
evening TO about twenty-five guests at their hono AVE-
2l9 Madison-ave. afterward there was dance.
Mrs Josephine May held a large reception to nearly
two hundred guests last evening Mt her honc 10 -''
fifth-aye There music by the Hungarian bhu.
Egerton L. Winthrop gave dance for his uaagn.or
third-st
Mrs. Theodore Cuyler and Miss Nellio Cuyicr heiu
large reception ut their home. No. ga Mhdisoh-No'
from until O'CLOCK Yesterday afternoon.
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TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS

TRIBUNE OPYIcE. Feb. l6-l A. NJ Rain, measuring
OlO inch fell yesterday morning. the skies clearing In
the afternoon and then the night was cloudy Tho
temperature ranged between $40 and 1872 the average
III so being $50 lower the corresponding day
last year, and 14Ao higher than on Monday.
In and this city to-day there VIII probably DO
slightly cooler fair weather. preceded by hight raiii
Little or no changeis Indicated for Thursday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
A NEW coysTrrUTIONAL CONVENTION BILL.

ALBANY Feb. 10 tSpeciab-A Dill was lh'rouuoo" ~
Assemby lyman Frank Arnold today providing loi oo'i
sutona convention OF 100 members thirty-two 10 DO
elected at large, and l2s from Assembly Ds'ric's i"o
voter will not 10 permitted TO vote lot u'o'0
than sixteen deegaesatlargc This VIII insure sA'eon
Republican and Democratic delegates NJ Sg
The lbs delegates from the IDS Assembly Disrlcts Mn
be elected In precisely the manner W when an hsse,S
man Is chosen There Is no minority roplv y, cn
In this scheme According 10 the proportion Oh Pos.
strength In the present Assembly tho Republicans uuo
Mr. Arnolds bill Will elect seventyour delegates anu
the Democrats fifty -four.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
THE WEATHER REPORT.

GOVERNMENT INDICArGoNs-FOR "a HOURS
wAsurSGroy. Feb. 15.-For New England rain or
snow 70 lowed by colder fair weather. north
winds.
For New-York Pennsylvania, NewJersey and Della
ware local rains followed by cooler fair weather north
Sesterly winds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

HOW DID THIS MAILBAG GET THEREf
Captain Patterson of Lfesavg Station No l. at Sandy
Hook reported yesterday that OF his crew. while pa
trolling tho beach. PICKED up leather mailbag marked
=" La Champagne, No. 81" The steamship Champagne
arrived from Uayre on Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
SELLING THE HAsELr1yE COLLECTION

The auction sale OF paintings forming collection OF
Charles r. Hasene of Philadelphia, began last night
Moorcs Auction Galleries No 900 Ffhaye The attend
ance was small being composed chiefly Of dealers but for
the first ght sale the prices satisfactory
could perhaps been expected The receipts aggre
Qrecafcd seventytwo lots were offered and OF
fese sixteen were withdrawn for want OF bid and Will
Be sold tonight The pictures which brought 800 or
aver are as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
MEN WHO WILL. INVESTIGATE BROOKLYN.

ALBANY Feb 15-The Speaker OF tho Assembly an-
nounced the following committees: 49,,
on the Arthur ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Du'n'' N'"i'''
Emery, Ives and Fitch. a., ma,
on the Brooklyn Observation-Disclosures bacon 'hopl,
Arnold Rep.). Cole (RepJ, Greene pem), and Ca''er
Dcm)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
Uoliicyl Notifies.

WI. a...-h,v Dassr,ct RsrsIIed nepseucans ~
yxs m.S,Siy nestinx this "Wednesday evening" 10
ruasy 10 ct Hauks Hsi. 40 Ssn oREACEN, PsSsS
"a YOUNG. sscrstaus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16
OF THE OSSTPEE.

The H. 9 g osspec Commander John +. MEG Ions ey.
rived from Hong Kong yesterday and anchored
or SANDY look last night she has complement OF 9Os
officers and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

WK VANDERBILT OFF ON HIS YAOhr AAtA'
william X Vanderbilt with some friends saoa os'0s
~ On bs stasm Yacht Alys Tor the West Indies. party
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

Tho worry OF constant cough and the soreness o.
lungs which generally accompanies It, both remedet
by DR.. Jayne's expectorant ::
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

For Piles blind bleeding or itching Pond; Extract Is
the remedy known. For continued appicatian use
Ponds Extract Ointment. so cts. Buy the genuine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

Buffalo, makes this remark about u; III We must 90
TO Ohio for Presidential candidate, I would much
rather take tho chances with Foraker than WITH Snet
man. believe Foraker would be much stronger N
Ncw-York State"
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DIED.

Fur- Goves Caps and Murs seaskn Garments. Prices
marked down O. g. SHAYNB manufacturer. lO3 Prncos&
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

Black Bear Robes and Furs OF all kinds. Prices marke
down. u u SHAiNh' Aoo rfihee-s@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

fruit iozengo constipation agreeable harmless and EN-.
Druggists
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9perial Noheea
William r. Moore. Auottensss.
MOORES ART 0ALLERIEA
200 FIFTH AVENUk
SALE THIS EVENING AT 8 O'CLOCK
Of tho
HAZELTINE COLLECTION
gpecial Notirea.


SALE THIS EVENING AT O'CLOCK
Of the
HAzELTINE COLLECTION
HIGH-CLASS PAINTINGS.
EMBRACING REPRESENTATIVE WORKS or TH1
Best Artisss OF the Modern European schooa
CONTINUING TOMORROW tTHURsDAY EVENING
AT 8 O'CLOCK.
A. Thss. L. Bucksn 4 20.
ROBERT sOMERvILLE. Auctioneer.
ART GALLERIES STAND $40 BROADWAY
NOW ON EXHIBITION DAY AND EVENING.
FINE MODERN OH. PAINTINGS
AND WATER COL0Rs.
SEL0sa aRTis ~ T REPKAsT aNTFFRRbbnT ESQ
P.nn. Ai s.a Foss
bs'h n;S %s
S{So@ans Binks American ,Arti.ss.colsmaP wi1sSS
n's! RI D sSs
e. iSB Ut
UNTIL y! 81 g e sies 81 AUCTION
AN 1H a1aSR 3 Ll eoIIncfEoS OF
FOREIGN AND AMERICAS PAINTINGS
ASc 4IsS c9 PSfsRf Il
beng P xiv aFfs SS sGn.FRaiss from
sx T Mos TAS 90 Esrr WORKS
many OF whsm famous In
EUROPE AND AMERICA.
Gallery open from 8 a NJ. TO p m.
sale days up TO p. m co
GEORGE I. BANKS, Auctioneer BARkEk q o.
Bangs & Co. 739 and 741 broadway
will sell at auction
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 90,
and following days at 8 and 73o m.
the third Valuable Collection Of ASosraphs IL.
by the late LEwI5J CIs OF Cincinnati comprising over
2,l00 lots.
Electric service
Can be attached 10 Bind OF heating apparatus eves
made Rooms temperature desired thersggsW
fuel, discomfort, HtheLtl tho crtokny OF woDtSoc<s
furniture pictures. &c. the thsrmo meter Ia tho rom @
dences Churches Hospitals 5chpDlt Coisscy.tore4 ~
illustrated explanatory oato rus AZ ,J,' ,s a,ns
sent e any adIress A2'caton Nat'a Electric ''''
Extra Large sizes IN sealskin sacgue. Prices married.
down. O. Z. SHAY NJ, loo frlncos.
Mechanical and Patent Office Drawings nne Wool Ea'
cravings for Manufacturers A. MastorL lIarttorL Conn
Mass Meeting
OF the
WINE LIQUOR AND BEER DEALERS
Of New.York and vicinity
to protest against
THE BEER MONOPOLY AND HIGH LICENSE,
sTEINwAY HALL,
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY Is.
730 p. NJ.
otter and Beaver uG, anil Fur, OF every KNIT Prices
marked down. T. 4. SHAME, ManuiMtdot.
LOB Prncest. west OF Broadway
qrl,. Ne vork Rn .hou Baz
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The sale will DO continued tonight and tomorrow
night Tho collection contains some valuable paintings
among them works by Rosa Bonheur, Corot Daupisny'
D1aE and Millsk
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Of friends accompanied them ~ far Tompknsyls and
there ashore at p m toFeturn 70 this city A.
bay. shs W sauted by the Staten Islaud ferrybosts
on her way our.
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Tho New. York Fashion baZar.
MARCH NUMBER-NOW READY.


single number prco 25 cents Subscription price. So poe
CONTAINING
THE COMING SPRING FASHIONS, SPRING PLAIDS
AND WoOLLENS NEW SPRING WRAPS
AND listers.
FULL DESCRIPTIONS NEW DRESSfABRICS AND
STYLES PROMENADE AND VISITING COsrCMEss
EVENING AND RECEPTION TOILETS.
BEAUTIFUL CoLoRED PLATES OF MISSES AND
CHILDREN'S FASHIONS. NEW MILLINERY.
STRAW AND FELT HATS, EVENING BONNETs,
AND NEW EMBROIDERY PATTERNS
The March FASHION BAZAAR contains new short story
'" THEIR LAST RESOURCE"
BY THE DUCHESS"
Author Of phyllis" Molly Bawn," Doris" &C., "a
Also the OF the most popular serial OF the day
commenced in the February Dumber entitled
"CLARISsA's ORDEAL"
BY tho Author Of "a Great Mistake"
Also the continuation OF the magnificent story entitled
a STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT"
And the continuation Of
blossom AND FRUIT"
By tho Author OF " Welded Hands" 60
THE NETWORK MONTHLY FASHION Bazaar Il foG
sale by ali II will also be sent postage prepaid
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-16

The dinner of tho Young Republican Club has given
rise " No little Presidential talk o. @. Warren, Of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-22

never learn inc ie3~on- W omen ana men
make guys OF themselves every day, but
30 long as they doa't make guys Of us
what necd we carcl confess there are
men who wear their hair and boards in
such fashion that coIld hnd IL in my
heart TO club them. / am not alone, am
sure, IN looking askance at men who part
thoir hair Ia the midd Q, although great
men have given the fashion countanance,
and IL has been q constant source Of grief
~ mo that could not oxpostuiate with
the mon who comb their h Iir over their
ears In gigantic cOw-liclts, OF suffer IL to
hang on their coat collars.
There is a fashion IN bearls, az barbor's
tify the consumptive man with a face
thirteen inches long who wears a gsltee,
or the man with face like a full moon
who sports Horace Greeley whiSkers
under his chin and checks. Thorc are few
meu who do not become a full beard un-
less they are under four feet six. and all
men become a mustache II they can raise
one. To b. clean shavcn is C assical IL you
have a classical face, but how few havel
Actors don't csunt, as their necessities
and not their wills consent to the sacri-
fec. A othor men shoull wear hair on
their faccS, not bccautc IL is tho fashion,
but because IL Is beautifying. For once
nature and art are In unison.
Anglonania may pluck out the board
ore long. l hsar rum1r TO that effect
but heel il not Boards have come to
stay, and am glad Of IL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-22
The Pen Is MIGHTIER
THAN TIE SIX SHOOTER.
AFIELD FOR NEWS.
How President Lincoln Csod to Supply
Reportsrs with Information.

How President Lincoln Csod to Supply
Reporters with Information.
Newspaper reporters would be forum
ate were all the men they have 10 deal
with as ready TO ''talk' as President
Lincoln was TO the newspaper mon OF his
day.
Ben: Periey Poorc states, in the Boston
Dadgst, that tho White House, while Mt
Lincoln occupied il, was q fertile field fer
news, which he was always ready to give
those correspondents in whom he had con-
fdoncc. out the surveillance of the press
ended by Secretary Stanton-was rs an
noying as 1t was inefficient Often whom
Mr.. Lincoln was engaged, correspondents
would send in their cards, bearing re-
quests for some desired item Of nows, or
for tho Notification OF some rumor. lie
would either 60 out and give tho covetaI
information, or he would write IL on the
back OF the card and send il TO tho owner.
President Lincoln wrote lcgible hand,
slowly and labortously, protecting the
sentences before he placed them on paper.
When writing to his Generals no would
never allow any assistant to do the work
for him, bu; would write al that he had
10 say himself In order IN havo IL correct
Mr.. Lincoln used to wear at the White
House, Ia tho morning, n long. faded
blessing gown, aud in this dress often re-
cc.ved callers. Ho was good listener,
and when in the act Of listening would
lean forward, placing both hands on QUO
knee, remaining in this position until the
story was hnishcd. At these times his
face used 10 have "a sad, weary look, until
he was.called upon 10 respond; thoa his
expression would brighton and hs would
rub his hngors through his black, bristly
hair, which woulI stand out in every
direction like IN electric experiment doll
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FROM The WILD WEST.

a Western Editor Proves That Ths Pen II
Mightior Than the Revolver.
talking ab ut the Wc3t," said \ COM
mercial traveller TO Chicago he. aH man,
INV business calls mo a good deal u Col
oralo and New Mexico, and have many
acqunintauccs and friends out there. One
OF my friends is n little follow named No
Dcrmott, editor OF a mining camp paper.
He is not much bigger than pint OF cider,
but he has tremendous nerve. He is as
quick as lightning with his gun, and is not
afraid OF the best man that walks. He
was telling me Of one experience he had
fow months ago. A Big, tough fellow
walked into his sanctum Que evening and
announced that he hal como to do up tho
editor. He had q six-shOoter in his hani,
aud advanccl with il cooked II hap
pencd that my frien had just sent his
revolver out TO be repaired, and no was
without 4 weapoi. Hs triod TO palavcr
with the despe raIo and talk him out Of his
passion, In order 10 gain limo. But the
moro lie talked tho hercer the caller bo-
camn. Suspecting that the editor was I'M
armed, he took n ;ndish delight In holding
his victim covered with his revolver, and
telling him that no had only sixty minutes
10 1.-Two. But my friends brain was work
ing at lively rate all this time, and while
he talked no held his pom in the fame OF
thu gas Jet ovor his desk. Without tho
dosperado's suspectinR what he was up to
he succeeded in getting the pen red-hot-
It took only n few SECONDHAND then he
made jump for his assailant so sudden
ly aud with such cat-liks quickness that,
before the ruf1an, taltsi of his guard by
the supposition that the editor was I'M
armed, could fire. q shot, the little man
had thrown ono arm around tho big
follows neck. anil was labbing this red
hot pen into his face at thS rate Of two
hundred strokes to the minute. Imagine
the wounds that big, sharp, rod-hot pen
must havo made, held securely in q strong
holder, and driven by the arm OF man
fighting for lifo. Think Of the sufHerings
tho desperate must havo endured in tho
few brief seconds b:forc his agony oon-
quered his courage and caused him Ia
throw the revolver 70 the floor "a tol EN-
that he gave up the battle. That ruf1ian
he was drunk on that occasion-is now
ono Of the best friends the little editor
has. though his face is badly SCARED from
tho wounds inflicted on him. Over tho
desk OF my friend now hangs pen, still
covered with blool stains its whole
length, and over it is placard, written in
the blood that was formed upon it just
after the battle;
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sHERIFFs SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS,
BARBER COUNTY. eS'
In the District Court of Barber County, State
of Kansas,
Frank Adamson, plaintiff,
versus
w. Fl. Clutter, defendant.
pY VIRTUE of an execution, to me directed
} issued out of the District Court of Barber
county, Kansas, in the above entitled action
l, Charles ID. Nelson. sheriff OF said county
will, On
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF JUNE.
A. d., 1887, at O'Clock, p. IN. of said day, nj
the front door of the courthouse, in the CITY of
Medicine Lodge, Barber county state of Kan.
sas, offer for sale, at public auction, to Ithe
highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right
title and interest whatsoever of the said w
III. Clutter in and to the following described
lands and tenements, to-wit:
Lots three (3 and four az, and the south half
OF the northwest quarter of section five 90,
township thirty-fOur (34D, range ten (10l. all in
barper county, state of Kansas, TO satisfy a
Judgment OF plaintiff against defend ant, for
-Four Hundred and Seventy-Five Dollars and
Thirty-Eight Cents ($475.3sl, with interest OF
per cent. from March 9th, 1885, upon said
amount; and Forty Eight Dollars aud Seventy
Cents l$4S.1O), as costs of suit, and the cost vi
this sale.
Given under my hand this 14th day Of May
1887.
CHARLES ID. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barber county, Kansas.
by w. Z. Afford, Deputy Sheriff. 81
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PLAYING FOR LIBERTY.
How = Gambler vlctiInIxed Sheriff w
Had n Weakness for Faro.

How . Gambler vlctiInIsed Sheriff Who
Had u Weakness for Faro.
al have heard OF queer stakes In my
time." remarked Pacific coast man to q
New York sun correspondent 'but 1
think can discount any thing OF tho sort
in my own experience. i was playing
cards in Georgia some years ago, and be-
came involved in dispute with native
that sent him to the hospital and me to the
Jail. There was a strong prejudice against
gamblers in the vicinity, and my lawyer
told me was in very tight fix. / m ade
the best Of the situation and managed to
get on good terms with the sheriff.
typical Georgian and, by the way, pretty
good fellow. Ono day l discovered
by accident that he was great
faro bank ficnd. 1t seems that
he had been quite wealthy at one time,
but had lost about all his property against
the game, and would walk ten miles
through swamp to get to play. That
just SUITE me. i challIed out q layout on
my cell floor, got an old deck Of cards.
and dealt faro for him. We used buttons
for chips, and no would squat outside my
grated door aud tell me where to place his
bets. In few days 1 had all his ready
cash. Then he sold mule and lost that
It Ia too tedious to tell 1t in detail, but
he put up his watch and chain and q suit
Of clothes i won them and made him
poke them in through the CRATES. In a
woolE my cell looked like country store.
i had boots, hams, q pair OF scales, all the
sherIff's OHIO stationery, a barrel Of
-four, saddle and a feather bed. At last
he came in an1 said:
"John, FL tell you what I'll do. You
have won every thing l can move ex cept
the kids and old woman, and now I'll play
game OF seven up for all I've lost against
your liberty
Its go.'
ave played through the CRATES. 1 tell
You it was exciting. 1t was neck or moth
ing with me, and you could hear the old
sheriff breathe clear over in the next lot
We got six apiece and il eamo my deal.
turned jack.
That puts you OUT said the sheriff,
unlocking the door. Now get OUT
"He claimed that the conditions Of the
game didn't bar him from taking a shot a,
me, and as i won't over the fonce he Lei
eff 4 young cannon in my direction.
guess, though, that that last jack made
him nervous, for the load went over my
head and crippled darby in a corn-field
didn't stop 10 inquire how badly he was
hur
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PETITION 70 sRIr. RFAI.rsr.rr

To whom it May Concern, but more especially
10 tne nelrs at law and Guardians al item
OF heirs at Law OF Jacob NJ. Cooper, deceas-
ed- late of Barber county, Kansas:
YOU are hereby notified that 1, Burd Lacy,
administrators of said decreased did. on the
tth day OF June, A. ID. 1857, file a petition in
the Probate court of Barber county, Kansas,
praying that might be authorized and en-
powered TO sell the following described land,
for the purpose OF paying the debts and costs
OF ad niDistration of said estate, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner of lot No.
forty-threc 49, on Second Avenue west in
Stolps addition to the city OF Medicine Lodge
thence least 20 feet; thence north 302 feet;
thence west 50 feet; thence south 3O2 feet to
the place Of beginning.
And said petition will be heard at the Office
Of the Probate Judge of said county, on the
ath DAY OF June, A. D., 1887 at 2 O'Clock, D. m
OF SAID day. at which time and place each of
you, and all others interested. are notified to
be present. and show cause IL any You have,
why an order of sale, as prayed for, should not
be granted
Dated this, 9TH day of June, A. D.. 1887.
BURD LACY, Administrator,
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Tho Rochester JHioa says that Hiram
Sibley, OF that city, il tho best hog guoss-
or IN Western New York, and proves il by
telling how nc once visited farm whore
n hog had just been killed., and was asked
70 guess on its weight. After due dolio-
Grafton and estimate he said SLOWLY:
THAT hog weighs exactly two huadrod-
Rnd-sixty -onO-pounds--and a quarter"
Tho. hog was placed upon the scales. It
weighed 26ls <-half n pound ovor Mr.. Sib-
lny's guesSl lie was thoroughly disgust
cd, and said: "How could 1 have been so
much mistaken" Presently his eyes
lighted up with triumph, as he detected a
stone In the hogs mouth designed TO keep
the jaws distonded while the carcass was
being dressed Take out that plug" he
said, "and you will fnd IL weighs pre-
ciscly half pound" "And IL did," says
tho UniOn, ITO q graini''